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Sjogren's syndrome presenting with hypokalemic periodic paralysis.

The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (2013-02-15)
Sumita Agrawal, Vishrant Bharti, Mayur N Jain, Prashant D Purkar, Avinash Verma, Alaka K Deshpande
ABSTRACT

We report a rare case of a 38-year-old female who presented with sudden onset flaccid quadriplegia and respiratory arrest with no significant past clinical history. She was later found to have hypokalemia due to distal renal tubular acidosis and further diagnosed as case of Sjogrens Syndrome.

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